"That's right — Spicey's back, Sarah's out," McCarthy said as her now-iconic character

Published May 14, 2017 at 2:34 AM | Updated at 5:58 AM EDT on May 14, 2017

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Alec Baldwin's President Donald Trump sat down for an exclusive interview with Michael Che's Lester Holt for this week's "Saturday Night Live" cold open, mirroring the real interview that took place on NBC Thursday.

Baldwin's Trump spoke candidly about the real reason he decided to dismiss former FBI Director James Comey.

"Listen Keenan, I don't know, okay? Probably," Trump said. "I tape a lot of people, I tape whoever I want, whatever I want. Some people have called me a 'serial tapist' and it's true, I am. When you're president, they let you do it."

In explaining how he is different from former President Richard Nixon, Trump repeated Nixon's infamous line: "I am nothing like Nixon because I am not a crook."

Melissa McCarthy hosted the anticipated episode of "SNL," which was her fifth time as host, and reprised her fan-favorite role as White House press secretary Sean Spicer. But "Spicey" didn't start at the podium — instead, the press secretary was hiding in bushes, a riff on reports of the real Spicer's recent attempt to elude reporters following Comey's dismissal.

Aidy Bryant's Sarah Huckabee Sanders called the hiding a "naval exercise" before Spicer pushed her out of the way to take over the press briefing.

McCarthy as Spicer then rolled her lectern into the streets of Manhattan as Simon & Garfunkel's "The Only Living Boy in New York" played in the background, a taped stunt that went viral Friday. In the scene, Spicer promises to "talk better" if given another chance.

After finding Trump at a golf course in New Jersey, Spicer asked if Trump has ever made him lie to the public.